Tag: Homemade

  • Baking Bread, a poem

    Baking Bread, a poem

    I made bread today. 
    -gluten-free, just as you need it to be.
    It was picture perfect.
    It was heavy as a brick.
    We dipped it in oil and garlic.

    Just beside our tomato and mozzarella.
    -like so, just as we wanted it to taste.
    It was picture perfect.
    It was heavy as a brick.
    We ate half the tiny loaf.

    It took me 5 hours to make it.
    -resting time, that’s what they called it.
    It was covered and sticky.
    It was heavy as a brick.
    We enjoyed, the dense flavor.

    I made bread today.



    Like the poem, I spent hours making gluten free bread from scratch. There was a lot of kneading and waiting, kneading and waiting, and letting the dough rest. I think it was tasty, but it was certainly dense, but I wonder if that is just the nature of gluten-free bread. I followed the recipe on the bag of King Arthur’s gluten free bread flour.

    Anyone else have any practice making gluten free bread that is a little, lighter or airy? Do you know what I might be doing wrong?